Humanity escapes the solar system: Voyager 1 signals that it has reached the edge of interstellar space. By Eddie Wrenn Published: 15:09 GMT, 14 June 2012 | Updated: 11:22 GMT, 7 December 2012 With absolutely no attempt at hyperbole at all, it is fair to say that this is one of - if not the - biggest achievement of the human race.
For, as we speak, an object conceived in the human mind, built by our tools, and launched from our planet is sailing out of the further depths of our solar system - and it will be the first man-made object made to sail out into interstellar space. The Voyager 1, built by Nasa and launched in 1977 has spent the last 35 years steadily increasing its distance from Earth, and is now now 17,970,000,000km - or 11,100,000,000miles - away, travelling at 10km a second.
Indications over the last week implies that Voyager 1 is now leaving the heliosphere - the last vestige of this solar system. 100 Very Cool Facts About The Human Body - Global One TV. The Brain The human brain is the most complex and least understood part of the human anatomy.
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